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Page 79
... fact that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford was done by the Independent Theatre , that my only chance of being acted was by making a reputation for myself as a novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction ...
... fact that George Moore's Strike at Arlingford was done by the Independent Theatre , that my only chance of being acted was by making a reputation for myself as a novelist . So I put the drama aside and set myself to writing fiction ...
Page 148
... fact that it had been too often tacked on , merely for effect , without legitimate reason . In short , I preferred to end my short stories with a full - stop rather than with a straggle of dots . It is this , I imagine , that has led to ...
... fact that it had been too often tacked on , merely for effect , without legitimate reason . In short , I preferred to end my short stories with a full - stop rather than with a straggle of dots . It is this , I imagine , that has led to ...
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... fact is that they do not want many of the things that to others of us appear essential . It is fortunate for the well - to - do . For he is blind who will not see that in the lives of the proletariat in the great cities all is misery ...
... fact is that they do not want many of the things that to others of us appear essential . It is fortunate for the well - to - do . For he is blind who will not see that in the lives of the proletariat in the great cities all is misery ...
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